All posts tagged "Penobscot"
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5.4K8Business and LaborFanny Hardy Eckstorm Does Justice to Thoreau’s Maine Guide
Fanny Hardy Eckstorm in 1904 published a story about the tragic death of Henry David Thoreau’s Maine guide, a Wabanaki Indian who...
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12.0K6Business and LaborKing of the Log Drives: The New England Riverman
In the vanished days of log drives, the riverman was the most special of the special breed of men who logged the...
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14.2K55Arts and LeisureLucy Nicolar Goes Far From a Maine Indian Reservation — And Then Returns
In January 1900, 17-year-old Lucy Nicolar traveled from her home on Indian Island in Penobscot County, Maine, to New York City where...
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11.5K13MaineHow Flying Santa Saw New England Lighthouses in 1936 (From the Sky, Of Course)
The New England Flying Santa tradition was born in the teeth of a fierce winter storm when lighthouse beacons along Penobscot Bay...
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